Altogether, one-thousand items are on display. They are gathered from the Chaoyang District Cultural Center. The institution spent over ten years collecting these oldies.

Mu Hongli said, "When we preparing the exhibition, we had three intentions in mind. First, it is an exhibition for the masses. The items may lack historical value, but they are significant at some point for people who lived here. Secondly, it reflects the changes that have taken place over sixty years. Lastly, it's dedicated to the city of Beijing."

Organizers say they are practically retrieving items from the garbage bin and putting them on display, for these items are no longer found in Beijing homes.

But the sheer weight of history of these exhibits needs to be revalued and cherished as part of the memory of childhood, and of a city we lived in and loved.